Visit our DC Conspiracy Show + Comics Night Class in August !
Visit us this summer to see comics & illustration by DMV creators, Register for an evening narrative comics workshop here at the Gallery
CURRENT EXHIBITION
GROUP SHOW: DC Conspiracy. the Capital Area’s Comics Creator’s Collective June 16th-August 27th, 2023
Gallery Hours: Thursdays, 1-8pm, Sunday’s 1-18pm, or by appointment
DWIGHTMESS
805 Silver Spring Ave [entrance on Ripley St.]
Silver Spring, MD 20910
202.714.4500
UPCOMING WORKSHOP
Narrative Mini-Zines!
July 30-August 4th, 2023, 6:30pm-9pm
One-Night-Exhibition, August 4th, 7pm
Ages 16+
The medium of zines has roots in the graphic design and aesthetic strategies on display in the art journals of early 20th century Dadaists and Surrealists. Join cartoonist and educator G.R. Lear for a workshop designed to examine some of these approaches to making comics through the mini-zine format.
Participants will experiment with narrative composition through a format that is small enough to complete in one sitting. We will be instantly applying lessons from the course to strengthen our storytelling and closing the loop on our art practice through the sharing of experimental book samples and each others' work.
Increase your creativity in your comics through this course. Register today!
Instructor Bio: Unlimited Wonder Comics is the moniker of G.R. Lear, a cartoonist and educator from New Jersey. UWC lab and workshops are focused on helping students access and discover wonder in their own storytelling through the medium of comics. G.R.'s graphic novel, "The Cursed Sailor and the Golden Conch", is being published October 2023 by Read Furiously Publishing.
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**Students will receive a special pre-course assignment in late June, & when the course begins, they will have 24-hour access to the compound, comics collections and can attend optional daytime & early evening programming such as film screenings, sketch jams and field trips.
***Students traveling to the DMV-area for the course will receive a visual arts & comics-friendly visitors' guide to #silverspring & #washingtondc ,, including lodging & restaurant suggestions !!
A MEMO ON BEN CLAASSEN III’s UPCOMING EXHIBITION
DWIGHTMESS is pleased to announce that we will exhibit NEW WORK by Ben Claassen III this September! The opening reception is scheduled for September 8th.
**THIS MEANS, IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TO Bethesda, MD FOR THE SMALL PRESS EXPO (SPX) on the 8th-9th-10th, you should arrange to arrive in town early and join us for raucous night at the compound in downtown Silver Spring!
MAKE PLANS AND JOIN US !
Ben Claassen III is a Baltimore-based artist, and is the creator of the comic strip "DIRTFARM". His work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Onion, Washington City Paper, and several other alt-weekly newspapers and publications.
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts Compound is a new gallery/workshop/illustration studio in downtown Silver Spring, MD embracing traditional & independent comics art alongside more experimental formats for cartooning and bookmaking, including non-publication-based formats, drawing, sculpture, multimedia, and animation. Free to apply »